Leanne Pedersen Blog

Make It Reggae

Leanne — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:45:48 +0000

Jamaica... i love you.

More specifically, I love The Caves Resort in Negril, Jamaica. If you're looking for the most romantic getaway in the world... look no further. This place is it! And it's not a bad place to get married either;) Vanessa + Andrew did... and they did it well! For the last couple of days, I've been pouring over the wedding photos we did for them back in January. These two were a beautiful treat to photograph and i've been happily arranging their images into a new portfolio I'm readying for the new year.

At the same time.... getting very excited and inspired for the wedding we'll be shooting at The Caves again next week! Can't wait to meet you Raquel+James!

My personal fave:

Rome If You Want To

Leanne — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:51:14 +0000

Dirty Pretty Places (and Machotaildrop)

Leanne — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:06:28 +0000

A year ago, my beau James went to Budapest to shoot a movie called MACHOTAILDROP – a film James describes as a surrealist adventure comedy. I’ll say it’s a quirky skateboarding movie with not a lot of actual skateboarding, but a fun film nonetheless... displaying great style, production design and featuring a fantastic soundtrack. It’s a weird little film that I highly recommend checking it out if you get the chance. For those out east, I hope you were able to catch it earlier this month when it premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

For more info visit here.

I traveled to Budapest, not just to visit James but to shoot some still photographs for the film… mostly behind the scenes stuff. When I arrived the crew were shooting nights, so my 2 weeks in Budapest were spent sleeping all day and working all night. I guess it’s not surprising then that my feeling of this city is that of a dark, moody, creepy and beautiful place… dirty and pretty. I’d love to go back one day to experience it during the daytime, but I'll always love its first impression on me:

And some behind the scene photos from the film MACHOTAILDROP:

MACHOTAILDROP is written & directed by Corey Adams & Alex Craig

producers: Oliver Linsley & Jared Valentine

dp: James Liston, Craig Trudeau and Peter Hagge

production designer: Jeffro Halliday

Alex & Danny - Better Together

Leanne — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:09:44 +0000

No words today... just images :)

Here are a few favorites, taken during Alex+Danny's wedding at Cecil Green in Vancouver, BC:

Backyard Bliss

Leanne — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:45:03 +0000

I think it's so fortunate to be able to host such a personal event like a wedding on a beautiful private property like this one. If i was going to do it....this is how i'd like to do it;)

Christine + Sam enjoyed their beautiful backyard wedding at Christine's grandmother's beachfront house in Kelowna BC.

So pretty.